This room's collection of Wuppertal views showcases the diversity of the collection's motifs. As well as paintings of the city, there are also photographs, prints, postcards and decorative arts. One example is the magnificent cup from the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin, which features a depiction of Elberfeld in a scenic setting. Among the hills of the Wupper valley, you can see the towers of St Lawrence's Church, which was completed in 1835. Three figures and a dog gaze down from a vantage point at pre-industrial Elberfeld, which has not yet been overtaken by chimneys or other industrial buildings.
One of the most popular motifs in the local views is probably the suspension railway, which has been captured artistically by Oskar Schlemmer, Emmy Klinker and Wuppertal photographer Björn Ueberholz. Julius Mermagen, a painter born in Munich in 1874, painted a view of Elberfeld the year before he died in 1953: the view from the street 'Am Buschhäuschen' on the Nützenberg. Once again, St. Laurentius Church with its distinctive towers is clearly visible. Two putti flank a stone balustrade belonging to one of the historic villas in the Briller Quarter, from where the painter created his view of the city. In 1941, the landscape painter Georg Röder depicted a notable Barmer landmark: the Hohenstein natural monument — a striking dolomite rock cliff towering over the Barmer city skyline with its chimneys and historic buildings. Röder lived and worked in the growing industrial town of Barmen from 1885, attending the local art school. In 1901, he acquired a house on Sedansberg which later became known as the 'Galerie Palette – Röderhaus'. This was not only a meeting place for artists and politicians, but also a studio, private museum and residence. To this day, it is also a restaurant.
